- Again, I've used Bridge to navigate…to the Chapter 3 Exercise Files.…For Adjustment Layers,…let's look at this really colorful image here.…I want to show you some things you might not know about…within the adjustment layers, some really powerful tools.…One, the Curves Adjustment Layer,…obviously something you've used before.…But, what we want to do here is,…rather than use the traditional method…of applying a Curve,…is to use this on on-image tool.…If you haven't used this, it's really neat.…You can just pick a tone, click on it,…drag down to make it darker,…drag up to make it lighter.…

Let's say I want that blue tone darker,…and maybe I want this highlight tone,…in the background, brighter.…I've created an S-shaped Curve,…without really knowing anything about Curves at all,…in a much more intuitive way…than some of the other tools that we might use.…This also works within the Black & White Adjustment Layer.…You'll notice, one of the things that we do in here,…is that we've got this sort of zig zag.…The idea there is to throw some tonal changes…

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2/24/2017

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3/9/2015

If you've been using Photoshop for years, you probably have various techniques and workflows committed to muscle memory. That's great, but are you taking advantage of everything Photoshop can now do? The software has evolved greatly over the last 25 years, and many people don't always understand or take the time to learn new features and work them into their routines.

This course, from Adobe's own principal product manager of digital imaging, Bryan O'Neil Hughes, is here to help. Bryan details various Photoshop features, many of them relatively new, that can help photographers and designers alike streamline their work.

Topics include:

Exploring Photoshop's evolution

Passing non-raw files to Camera Raw

Video editing in Camera Raw and Photoshop

Refining selections

Getting the most from layers

Using Photoshop's new design-oriented features like Typekit

Working "smarter" with Smart Object and Filters

Making powerful and nondestructive image adjustments

Sharpening and resizing

Skill Level Intermediate

3h 2m

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What topics were updated on 02/24/2017?

The following topics were updated: Camera Raw highlights, the best tools for the job, in-app searching, using Liquify, optimizing workflow and machine performance, accessing files on CC, using Capture CC and libraries, and Spark.